We regard it as a great honor to have you here.

The United States and the Ivory Coast, separated by many thousands of miles of ocean but united in a common desire to maintain the peace and freedom of our people, will have a chance to be brought together.

And I think very clearly that's the choice that we face in 1962.

We are glad to have you here for many reasons.

And those who believe that the people working through the National Government should take no action on these vital questions, I think will have been successful.

The party in power has lost, in this century, every time except 1934.

So I ask you today to recognize that you are vitally needed, that your work from now to November is vitally important.

This bill serves the public interest.

What happens to him and to others when they put their life savings in, in a short time?

The mail pours into the White House, into the Congress and Senators' offices.

Let me say that on this issue and many others we depend upon your help.

We are concerned with the progress of this country.

I can now retire from politics after having had 'Happy Birthday' sung to me in such a sweet--[laughter].

If you want to have equal opportunity for all Americans, if we want to rebuild our cities, if we want to provide transit in and out of our cities, if we want to educate our children, if we want to have colleges and universities to which…

But we ought to do something about it--this afternoon.

There are those who say that the job is done, that the function of the federal Government is not to govern, that all the things that had to be done were done in the thirties and the forties, and that now our task is merely to administer.

So ladies and gentlemen, we are in your debt.

The power given to the President of the United States, under the Constitution, particularly that of war and peace, is as great a power and in many senses more than man could possibly desire.

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the other systems that have been tried.

The unfinished business of this country is your business, and I can assure you, after being in the Presidency only 16 or 17 months, that the progress of this country will depend in a great measure on the sense of public responsibility of…

It is the task of every generation to build a road for the next generation.

And I think the way we can pay it is to do the best we can for our country and our people, and to commit ourselves to the great causes which lie before us.

Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the people of the United States to observe Memorial Day, Wednesday, May 30, 1962, by invoking the blessing of God on those who have died in…

We're very glad that this is recognized, on this occasion, as a world problem.

We have a tremendous capacity to produce, which has really been the most extraordinary revolution, really, in a sense, of a kind that we have had in the last 15 years.